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If both the parties to a contract believe in the existence of a subject which in fact does not exist,…

Under Section 20 of the Contract Act, where both parties are mistaken about the existence of the subject-matter, there is no real consensus ad idem and the agreement is…

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If both the parties to a contract believe in the existence of a subject which in fact does not exist, the agreement would be

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Under Section 20 of the Contract Act, where both parties are mistaken about the existence of the subject-matter, there is no real consensus ad idem and the agreement is "Void", akin to the principle in Couturier v. Hastie.

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